Car-replacer.



W. H. BUSSABARGER.

OAR REPLACER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 23, 1909.

954,253. Patented Apr. 5, 1910.

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WILLIAM H. BUSSABARGER, OF CORYDON, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TOGEORGE B. WAHL, OF CORYDON, INDIANA.

CAR-REPLACER.

Patented Apr. 5, 1910.

1909. Serial No. 491,837.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. BUSSA- BARGER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Corydon, in the county of Harrison and State ofIndiana, have invented a new and useful Car-Replacer, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The object of the present invention is to provide an improvedconstruction of car replacer and the invention contemplates theprovision, in a device of this character, of two members one to bedisposed between the rails of a trackway and the other outwardly of onerail, the members being so constructed as to positively direct a car orengine upon the rails, it having been reviously derailed by wreck orotherwise, an to provide against dropping of the wheels upon the railsand thereby obviate injury to the rails and the wheels.

Further, the invention aims to provide, in a car replacer, means forpositively holding the replacer against relative movement with respectto a rail against which it is disposed and to provide means topositively engage over the tread of a rail against which the replacer isdisposed whereby to positively prevent lateral displacement of thedevice with respect to the rail.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of theoutside member of the car replacing device embodying the presentinvention. Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but of the inside memberof the replacing device. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional viewthrough the member shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, the said View beingtaken on the line 33 of the said Fig. 2, there being also shown in thisfigure of the drawings, a rail with which the member is engaged.

In the drawings, there are shown two car replacing members which areembodied in the present invention one of the members, illustrated inFig. 1 of the drawings being adapted to be disposed outwardly of one ofthe rails of a trackway, and the other member, shown in Figs. 2 and 3 ofthe drawings, being adapted for disposal between the rails of thetrackway. In general, these two members are similar in construction butthey differ in certain structural features which render them bettersuited to their respective uses and in use, the two members being de- 1signed to cooperate with one another whereby to secure the best results.

The replacer shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings comprises a body havinganticlinal tread surfaces indicated by the numeral 5 and a web 6 whichis substantially triangular in outline and extends between the twoanticlinal tread surfaces of the body portion. The replacer shown inFig. 1 of the drawings further embodies an inverted rail receivingchannel 7 the inner vertical wall of which is indicated specifically bythe numeral 8, the upper or connecting wall by the numeral 9, and theouter vertical wall by the numeral 10, and this rail-receiving channelextends along one longitudinal edge of the body portion or in otherwords forms a junction with the corresponding longitudinal edges of thetread surfaces 5 of the replacer. As heretofore stated, the web portion6 of the replacer shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings is substantiallytriangular in form and has a substantially right line outer edge 11 andinner angularly disposed edges which merge with or form a unction withthe adjacent edges of the tread surfaces 5 and as clearly shown in thesaid Fig. 1 of the drawings, this web portion (3 is inclined upwardlyfrom its edge 11 to the rail receiving channel 7. Also, the anticlinaltread surfaces 5 are inclined upwardly from their end edges 12 to theupper end or apex of the web 6, the vertical inner wall 8 of the channel7 being in this manner gradually decreased in height as it approachesthe middle of the channel. As will be apparent, by providing the twosurfaces 5 arranged in anticlinal relation with respect one to theother, the device is adapted for use upon either rail of a trackway.

Formed upon the upper face of the body of the replacer shown in Fig. lof the drawmgs and extending continuously in the line the edges of theanticlinal tread surfaces 5, is a tread rib 13. In addition to the treadrib 13, there are formed upon the anticlinal tread surfaces 5 other ribs14 and 15, the ribs let being located between the ribs 18 and thecorresponding rib 15, and being of a length less than the length of therib 1.3 but of a length greater than that of the rib 15.

It will be observed from Fig. 1 of the of junction of the edges of theweb 6 with.

' designed to receive the tread of a rail against which the replacer isdisposed and in order that the replacer may be held positively againstdisplacement in a direction longitudinally of the rail and with respectto the rail, there is provided a chain or other flexible element 16secured at one end to the under side of the body of the replacer and hasattached at its other end a threaded bolt 17 which is engageable in anotch 18 formed in a boss 19 which projects laterally from the loweredge of the vertical wall 10 of the rail receiving channel 7, therebeing a nut 20 threaded upon this bolt 17 whereby the bolt may be drawnupwardly to tighten the chain 16, it being passed beneath the baseflanges of the rail which is received in the rail receiving channel 7.

It will be understood from the foregoing description of the inventionthat the replacer is to be so disposed as to permit of the car wheelsrunning up upon one or the other of its anticlinal tread surfaces 5 andthat the wheel flanges will engage with one of the several tread ribs18, 14 or 15 and will be guided, by reason of such engagement, towardthe track rail upon which they are to be replaced, there being formedupon the upper or connecting wall 9 of the rail receiving channel 7,other tread ribs 21 which are extended in a curve which is substantiallya continuation of that .portion of the tread rib 13 which the inner endof the said tread rib 21 opposes. In other words, the tread ribs 21 areoppositely curved or are extended in opposite directions and have theirinner end portions extending in lines intersecting the angularlyextending or related portion of the tread rib 13, it being understoodthat a rail flange engaging with either of the tread ribs'21 upon theupper wall 9 of the rail receiving channel 7 will be deflected directlyto proper position against the outer vertical wall 8 of the said channel7 and that further travel of the car will result in the wheels assumingtheir proper position upon the track rails. Formed along the edges 11and 12 of the body of the device, at intervals, are downwardlyprojecting spurs 22 which are designed to bite into the ties upon whichthe rails are secured whereby to hold the device against longitudinaldisplacement with respect to the rails.

The form of replacer shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings and designed fordisposal between the rails is substantially identical in constructionwith the replacer shown in Fig. 1 except that the tread ribs 14 and 15are omitted and in place of the tread ribs 21 upon the upper wall 9 ofthe rail receiving channel 7, there is provided a single continuous rib23 which is of greater height at its middle than at its ends and isgradually decreased in height from its middle toward each end, this ribextending for ashort distance to each side of the transverse middle ofthe said rail receiving channel. In this form of replacer however, theweb 6 is only approximately triangular in form and does not merge intothe tread surfaces 5 but has its upper surface located in a plane belowthe said tread surfaces as is clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

that is claimed is I 1. A car replacer comprising a body havinganticlinal tread surfaces, rail engaging means at one side of the body,and tread ribs upon the said means, the said ribs being oppositelycurved and decreased in height in the direction of their outer ends.

2. A car replacer comprising a body having anticlinal tread surfaces,rail engaging means at one side of the body, an integral reinforcing webextending between the anticlinal tread surfaces, a continuous tread ribextending between the said surfaces and the said reinforcing web, andtread ribs formed upon the rail engaging means.

3. A car replacer comprising a body formed at one side with an invertedrail engaging channel, a boss upon one wall of the channel, and meansconnected with the under side of the body and extending across thechannel and beneath a rail seated therein and engageable at its otherend with the boss upon the wall of the channel.

4:. A car replacer comprising a body having anticlinal tread surfaces,an inverted rail receiving channel formed at one side of the body, meansadapted to extend across the channel whereby to confine a rail therein,and a continuous tread rib formed upon the upper face of the body andextending gradually inwardly from each end toward the rail receivingchannel.

5. A car replacer comprising a body having anticlinal tread surfaces, aninverted rail receiving channel at one side of the body, a tread ribformed upon the upper face of the body and extending along one edge ofeach of said surfaces, the rib gradually approaching toward its middlethe rail receiving channel, and means adapted to extend across thechannel whereby to confine a rail therein,

6. A car replacer comprising a body, an inverted rail receiving channelformed in one side of the body, a notched boss formed upon one wall ofthe channel and projecting outwardly therefrom, a chain connected at oneend to the under side of the body, a bolt connected at the other end ofthe chain, and a nut threaded upon the bolt, the said chain beingadapted to be passed beneath a rail received in said channel and thebolt being adapted for engagement in the notch in the boss whereby toconfine the rail in the channel.

7 A car replacer comprising two bodies having each anticlinal treadsurfaces, each of the said bodies being formed at one side with a railreceiving channel, a tread rib formed upon each body along one side ofthe tread surfaces thereof, one of these bodies being formed with aplurality of tread ribs between the rail receiving channel and the firstmentioned tread rib.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WVILLIAM H. BUSSABARGER.

WVit-nesses SMITH ASKREN, AMos LEMMON.

